A comparison of costs for abdominal, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted sacral colpopexy

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-228

  Patel, Minita ^a   O'Sullivan, David ^b   Tulikangas, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimated hospital charges; Estimated hospital costs; Sacral colpopexy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOT ASSISTED SACRAL COLPOPEXY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 58549102349     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0744-2     Document Type: Article

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